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H. G. WESTMORE.

SPRNG HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED nEc.22.1a1e.

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ATTORNEY? f UNIED'STATES PATEN HALWARD s. wnsrmonn, or MILwAuKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ssreim FTQ Q MENTS, TO A. 0. SMITH CORPORATION, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK.

SPRING-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Deg, 2, 1919.

, Application filed December 22, 1916. Serial No. 138,345.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HALWARD G. WEST MORE, citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spring-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in spring hangers for the side bars of motor driven vehicle frames. In ordinary practice, the side bars of motor driven vehicle frames are substantially U shaped in crosssection and the spring hangers are usually formed with a shank to fit within the front end of the side bar and riveted to the vertical web connecting the top and bottom flanges of the bar. The shank extends beyond the end of the bar and is provided with an apertured head to receive a connecting bolt to which the front end of the spring is coupled. It has also been customary heretofore to form the head with a projecting shoulder with which the end of the frame bar is brought into substantially abutting contact when the parts are assembled. But it has been found, in practice, that the ends of the side bars are more or less irregular in form and to avoid the expense of machining the opposing faces of the extremity of the bar and the shoulder on the head, it has been customary to assemble the parts with only approximate contact between the shoulder and the irregular end of the bar, leaving The object of my invention is to overcome the above mentioned difiiculties and also to add to the strength of the joint between the hanger and the frame bar by providing means whereby the hanger overlaps the outer surface or surfaces of the frame bar and whereby the overlapping portion of the hanger may clampingly engage the end portion of the frame bar upon at least three sides thereof.

' In the drawings Figure 1 is a view of the front end portion of a removable frame bar provided with my improved spring hanger as viewed from the inner side.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters in both views.

My improved hanger is provided with a shank A adapted to fit within the front end portion B of the frame bar in the ordinary manner and connected therewith by rivets C in accordance with common practice. The head D of the hanger is also of ordinary construction, except that the shouldered portion E is provided with an overhanging bead F, which projects from and embraces the top, bottom and side flanges of-the frame bar, as clearly shownin Fig. 1. In. constructing the hanger, sufficient space is left between the overhanging bead F and the portion of the shank A, which it incloses, to allow the extremity of the side bar B to freely enter such spaces, after which, the bead F may pass inwardly in clamping relation to the outer surface of the side bar, against which it bears on three sides, thereby securely clamping the head to the extremity of the frame bar, and not only avoiding an open seam or joint, but also preventing relative vibration of these parts such as would otherwise cause the paint and varnish to crack or break away.

With the above described construction, it is not only unnecessary to secure actual abutting contact between the extremity of the frame bar B and the shoulder E, but it is also unnecessary to fill the space or spaces between said shoulder and the extremity of the bar with putty or other material, since the joint is concealed by the overlapping bead F.

The side bars of motor driven vehicle frames are formed from sheet metal, pressed into the desired shape and their outer surfaces are sufficiently flat and smooth so that it is not difficult to press the bead F of the hanger into clamping relation thereto and into substantially continuous contact with the surfaces of the bar at all points.

I claim 1. A spring'hanger for the side bars of motor driven vehicle frames, including a shank provided with a head having a channel adapted to receive the end margins of the frame bar ;said head being provided with an overhang bead comprising the outer wall of the channel and adapted to bear upon the outer surfaces of the frame bar. whereby the end margins of the bar may he engaged between said bead and the shank in close fitting relation thereto.

r 2. Thecombination with the side bar of a motor driven vehicle frame, of a spring hanger-having a channel to receive the ends of the walls of the side bar, and a shank projecting into and connected with the bar-m.

3. The combination with the channeled side bar ofa motor driven vehicle frame, of

a spring hanger having a channel to receive. the ends of the walls of the side bar, with the exterior wall of said channel embracing the top, bottom and side surfaces of the'bar in clamping relation thereto.

4:. The combination with the channeled 7 side barof a motor driven vehicle frame, of

a spring hanger provided with a shank secured to the inner face of the bar near one end thereof, and also having a portion em- :1 bracing the outer surfaces of the top, bottom and side walls of the bar adjacent to said end thereof.

5. The combination with the channeled side bar of a motor driven vehicle frame, of

a springhanger having a shank extending into the channel of the side bar and secured therein, the said spring hanger also having an overlapping beaded portion embracing the walls of theflchalmele'd side bar at one end thereof and clamping such walls be tween the overlapping portion and the Q shankof the spring hanger. v V

In testimony whereof I my signature 1n thepresence oftwo witnesses.

LHALWARD e; wEsTMonn Witnessesz' FREDERIGK W. None,

Anon J. MoKenn-mn side bar of a motor driven vehicle frame, of Y 

